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Coming December 1, 2014, the latest book in my Gunfighter Gothic series, BLACK CHRISTMAS will arrive just in time for *gasp* Christmas! In BLACK CHRISTMAS, Hanna and Jill are spending the 1866 holiday season in France, where they face off against the horrors of the Krampus, Sinterklaas, Mother Christmas, the Progenitors of Steam, a giant…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:There are twists in the road that you see coming and those that you don’t. I saw this one coming. This is my last full day in Reno as I’ll be heading back to Massachusetts for new but unknown adventures come morning. About a decade ago I decided to go…

Originally posted on Gunfighter Gothic:Gunfighter Gothic Volume 2: Absinthe & Steam. Gunfighter Gothic, Volume 2 Absinthe & Steam Atomic Anxiety Press, July 2014 Created and Written by Mark Bousquet Available in Paperback and for the Kindle The latest collection of Gunfighter Gothic stories is now available. Fresh from their battle at the haunted Kraken…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:In a little under eight hours, I’ll board the first leg of a three-plane trip that will from Reno to Providence, Rhode Island for my brother’s wedding. The wedding isn’t in Providence, it’s on Martha’s Vineyard, which is an island off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts. This will put the…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:Dreamer’s Syndrome: Into the New World – Written by Mark Bousquet – Free for the Kindle through May 2, 2014. The special edition of my first novel, DREAMER’S SYNDROME: INTO THE NEW WORLD, is now available for free download on the Kindle. I wrote Dreamer’s Syndrome over a decade ago…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:James Hellwig, who wrestled as the Ultimate Warrior, has passed away at the age of 54, just days after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He is survived by a wife and two daughters. Those are not easy sentences to understand. Or, rather, those sentences contain a complexity…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:Hi all, I am pleased to announce that my novella, GUNFIGHTER GOTHIC: THANKSGIVING AT THE HOUSE OF ABSINTHE & STEAM is available for free download on the Kindle from now through March 20th: It’s 1866, and Hanna and Jill are on vacation in London but the weird refuses to leave…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:Welcome to the first of what should be a semi-regular feature, an update on a Work in Progress. To kick things off, here’s a first look at THE BLACK RHINOS, my World War II novel-in-progress. The idea for the BLACK RHINOS can be traced to a specific point in time.…

Originally posted on Mark Bousquet:Approaching the Golden Gate Bridge / Photo Copyright 2013, Mark Bousquet Esmeralda picked me up just after six. It was still dark, already warm, and the burning trees of the Yosemite Rim Fire sat in the air. We had a four hour trek ahead of us on our journey from…

Check out the most recent WHITE ROCKET PODCAST featuring me and Van Allen Plexico discussing four of the Alistair MacLean movies: GUNS OF NAVARONE, ICE STATION ZEBRA, WHERE EAGLES DARE, and FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.

I don’t just write reviews where I tell other people what they did right and wrong, I also write fiction so you can tell me what I do right and wrong. Right now, I’m writing a serialized “journal-as-novel” about a young woman from the American south who goes to work in a British castle in…

Here’s my first new writing project for 2013: The Haunting of Kraken Moor, The Journal of Beatrice Sharper, in the Lord’s Year of 2013. It’s a story of an American woman who goes to work in a haunted English castle. Take a look if you’re so inclined, and enjoy! And Happy New Year to everyone,…

Originally posted on Atomic Anxiety:Prometheus (2012) – Directed by Ridley Scott – Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, and Patrick Wilson. If you’re coming to this site for the first time, you need to be made aware of something right now: SPOILERS are coming. Lots and lots…